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How do you search for something under files under a single repository (say mongodb). Search github at the top seems to search all files under github though

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Add a repo:username/repository search term, e.g. repo:mongodb/mongo in your case.

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I searched mount repo:mongodb/mongo but now it says "Invalid search query. Try quoting it. " – lulalala Mar 7 at 2:05
@lulalala, looks like this is a bug. Their help still says the same. – whitequark Mar 7 at 9:53
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@whitequark: no it is not a bug. See stackoverflow.com/a/3616259/6309 – VonC Mar 18 at 10:42
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@lulalala: See stackoverflow.com/a/3616259/6309 in order to avoid your error message "Invalid search query. Try quoting it." – VonC Mar 18 at 10:42
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